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Link to Note / French / Nantes
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

The Link with EIDATA site / Download / Epidata Entry - Introduction Notes-Nantes is bad. The godd link is : http://www.reseau-naissance.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=sec tion&id=11&Itemid=78 Thank you. Bernard Branger, Nantes

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Random Selection of records - Thanks
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Dear Jamie, Thanks for the nice response to the query Random selection of records. It worked very well. Epi Analysis has far more features than EPI6 and the documentation is not that detailed. I had suggested to Jens once to get the manual written by the vast user base. Jens suggested to add to the how to section only. If you look at the questions, answers of the last few years (since the release of Epi Analysis) it is a huge database of good quality questions and answers. If these are classified and documented in the form of a pdf manual, it can save a lot of time of the friends at the epidata help desk. Of course detailed command reference (like that of EPI6) is our dream and together all of us users can make it happen. Once again I am thankful for the solution provided. With regards, Dr. Shavinder Singh

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Urgent query
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

Hi, Can you please advise if one has two versions of One Database and an entry exists in version One but should be in Version Two, is there a way of taking that record across to version two? Kind Regards Sandy Dayaram Biostats Unit Medical Research Council (South Africa) This e-mail and its contents are subject to the South African Medical Research Council e-mail legal notice available at http://www.mrc.ac.za/about/EmailLegalNotice.html -----Original Message----- From: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: 12 March 2008 19:07 To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 7 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________ Today's Topics: 1. Res: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 2. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:44:45 -0700 (PDT) From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Res: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: <254490.87770.qm(a)web50510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 in EpiData Analysis you still can do it (combine data bases with append or merge commands), isn't it? best wishes, Fúlvio B. Nedel, Brasil ----- Mensagem original ---- De: "epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca" <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Para: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Enviadas: Terça-feira, 11 de Março de 2008 18:03:18 Assunto: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________Today's Topics: 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - Show Labelsand combine datasets (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) -----Mensagem incorporada----- Ziad, To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show in the CHK file: sex comment legal use label_sex show end When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You may also use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the fild has been filled. Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser mode such as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same file, from time to time, or at the end some one has to merge the files. Epidata does that. Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know exactly where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for something such as "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in the dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the same dataset twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R have functions to find duplicates lines in the dataset. Best regards, Pedro Brasil ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list Ziad, To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show in the CHK file: sex comment legal use label_sex show end When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You may also use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the fild has been filled. Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser mode such as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same file, from time to time, or at the end some one has to merge the files. Epidata does that. Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know exactly where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for something such as "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in the dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the same dataset twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R have functions to find duplicates lines in the dataset. Best regards, Pedro Brasil Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! http://br.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:34:26 +0000 From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: <bf1bb7700803120334m3fa5a315w59d93365b1c855a0(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The TYPE COMMENT command is very useful to display the label associated with an entered variable value during the data entry. Example: go the checks file and select sex then click Edit. Now edit the CHECK command as follow: SEX TYPE COMMENT COMMENT LEGAL USE label_sex END Accept and close then save; the label should appear when to try to enter value for sex into the rec file. Kind regards Tieble On 11/03/2008, epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca < epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > EpiData-list mailing list > ___________________________________ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - Show Labelsand > combine datasets (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:48:04 -0300 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - > Show Labelsand combine datasets > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: > <a37cfb5a0803102148x3a0e0aacu8157ba62f36a403c(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Ziad, > > To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show > in the CHK file: > > sex > comment legal use label_sex show > end > > When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You > may also use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the > fild has been filled. > > Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser > mode such as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same > file, from time to time, or at the end some one has to merge the > files. Epidata does that. > Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know > exactly where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for > something such as "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. > > In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in > the dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the > same dataset twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R > have functions to find duplicates lines in the dataset. > > Best regards, > Pedro Brasil > > > ------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 > ******************************************* > ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 7 ******************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

The TYPE COMMENT command is very useful to display the label associated with an entered variable value during the data entry. Example: go the checks file and select sex then click Edit. Now edit the CHECK command as follow: SEX TYPE COMMENT COMMENT LEGAL USE label_sex END Accept and close then save; the label should appear when to try to enter value for sex into the rec file. Kind regards Tieble On 11/03/2008, epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca < epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > EpiData-list mailing list > ___________________________________ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - Show Labelsand > combine datasets (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:48:04 -0300 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - > Show Labelsand combine datasets > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: > <a37cfb5a0803102148x3a0e0aacu8157ba62f36a403c(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Ziad, > > To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show in > the CHK file: > > sex > comment legal use label_sex show > end > > When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You may > also > use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the fild has > been > filled. > > Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser mode > such > as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same file, from time > to time, or at the end some one has to merge the files. Epidata does that. > Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know > exactly > where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for something such as > "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. > > In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in the > dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the same > dataset > twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R have functions to > find duplicates lines in the dataset. > > Best regards, > Pedro Brasil > > > ------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 > ******************************************* >

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Res: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

in EpiData Analysis you still can do it (combine data bases with append or merge commands), isn't it? best wishes, Fúlvio B. Nedel, Brasil ----- Mensagem original ---- De: "epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca" <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Para: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Enviadas: Terça-feira, 11 de Março de 2008 18:03:18 Assunto: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________Today's Topics: 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - Show Labelsand combine datasets (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) -----Mensagem incorporada----- Ziad, To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show in the CHK file: sex comment legal use label_sex show end When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You may also use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the fild has been filled. Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser mode such as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same file, from time to time, or at the end some one has to merge the files. Epidata does that. Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know exactly where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for something such as "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in the dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the same dataset twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R have functions to find duplicates lines in the dataset. Best regards, Pedro Brasil ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list Ziad, To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show in the CHK file: sex comment legal use label_sex show end When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You may also use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the fild has been filled. Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser mode such as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same file, from time to time, or at the end some one has to merge the files. Epidata does that. Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know exactly where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for something such as "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in the dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the same dataset twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R have functions to find duplicates lines in the dataset. Best regards, Pedro Brasil Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! http://br.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 5 - Show Labelsand combine datasets
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Ziad, To show the labels while entering data is simple. Use the command show in the CHK file: sex comment legal use label_sex show end When cursor is in the field a box with the options will appear. You may also use the "type" command to make the label to be seen after the fild has been filled. Unfortunatenly (or forntunately), Epidta does not have a multiuser mode such as in EPI6. So, when several digitizers work wiht the same file, from time to time, or at the end some one has to merge the files. Epidata does that. Epidata can merge the files side to side or end to end. I dont know exactly where it is because my menus are in portuguese. Look for something such as "combine datasets". It is intuitive and easy to use. In this process you have to be carefull not to delete observations in the dataset or a whole dataset and not to use duplicates (merge the same dataset twice). Most statistical softwares such as Stata and R have functions to find duplicates lines in the dataset. Best regards, Pedro Brasil

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2 questions (showing labels while entering data/copy records)
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hello, I built some data entry files for entering the questionnaires of my research. There are 2 dilemmas I don't how to solve and which I cannot find in the help menu. 1. Is it possible to see the labels (like 0 = no; 1 = yes) while entering data? How? 2. Some students will help me entering data on different computers (so I copied the datafiles and put it on those computers). Is it possible to copy records so I can put them in the end all together in the original datafile on my computer? If yes, how? I hope some-one can answer my two questions Floor van Santvoort

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 4
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

I built some data entry files for entering the questionnaires of my research. There are 2 dilemmas I don't how to solve and which I cannot find in the help menu. 1. Is it possible to see the labels (like 0 = no; 1 = yes) while entering data? How? --> I usually write the labels below the question. 2. Some students will help me entering data on different computers (so I copied the datafiles and put it on those computers). Is it possible to copy records so I can put them in the end all together in the original datafile on my computer? If yes, how? --> you can do it using merge option? Good luck! ziad I hope some-one can answer my two questions Floor van Santvoort On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:13 AM, <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > EpiData-list mailing list > ___________________________________ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 3 > (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > 2. 2 questions (showing labels while entering data/copy records) > (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:38:02 -0800 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 3 > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: > <897a5cf60803061038o6fa179d0xa3e671f062557a59(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear Pedro, > Thank you for your kind reply. > > I plan to review medical records using paper form. > Expecting to have 1 observation at baseline to be entered in baseline > file and 6-24 observations for time of follow-up, will be entered in > follow-up file. > Then data will be entered twice and compared (around 600 patients in total). > > I am trying to find an alternative way to collect data using papers. > Palm would be solution but more expensive etc.. > > > Thank you in advance and best regards > ziad > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:02 AM, > <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > > > > EpiData-list mailing list > > ___________________________________ > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 2 - Review Medical > > records (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > 2. Re: CHK file with calculations does not work as it did in > > EpiInfo (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:13:47 -0300 > > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 2 - > > Review Medical records > > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Message-ID: > > <a37cfb5a0803060413m190e2205jb408707648dbca2a(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Dear Ziad, > > > > Your question is rather non specific, but I ve been through a similar > > experience with some bad memories. > > > > Review medical records is not an easy task. First of all, the type of study > > > (for exemple a suvival analysis) is of extremem importance on how the data > > > should be organized. Then you must decide what information should be > > > extracted from the records. Going back to the records a second or third time > > > is really frustrating and time consuming. In general for ARV, to register > > > all the ARV combinations, with the start dates and end dates, all CD4 cell > > > counts and Viral loads with their respective dates, all diagnosis of > > > oportunistic infections and their respective dates of diagnosis. Also, you > > > shlould consider making a separate data entry for each one of this data or > > > all of them in the same data entry, if you have someone experience in this > > > tipe of data analyis, the separate way will make easier to extract and type. > > > To use the AUTOSEARCH LIST command in the check file will be of help. Also > > > dont forget a field if the ARV is HAART or not and an outcome such as death > > > and/or hospitalization and of course its date. > > > > > > > Good Luck, > > Pedro Brasil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:16:56 -0800 > > > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > > Subject: [EpiData-list] Using EpiData to review medical records > > > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > > Message-ID: > > > <897a5cf60803041016y396e0f9dwf0baa18ba3168469(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > Dear EpiDataLister, > > > It is semi-technical question. I intend to review medical records > > > retrospectively for patients on ARVs. It seems to be involving lot of > > > papers to review their history to be able to enter them into EpiData. > > > Meant to check if someone had similar experience to share how did you > > > sort it out? > > > > > > Thank you in advance and best regards > > > ziad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:28:28 -0400 > > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: CHK file with calculations does not work > > as it did in EpiInfo > > To: <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> > > Message-ID: <200835222828.983160@IW2575> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Thanks Hans, I don't know what happened. This is what was pasted except that I exchanged the double quotes for single quotes in case that is why text got truncated. > > > > IF N9SUICIDE = 3 or (N9SUICIDE = 2 AND TOTAL >= 16) or TOTAL > 42 > > THEN > > ATRISK='Y' > > ELSE > > ATRISK='N' > > ENDIF > > END > > > > John LeBlanc > > ----------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > > Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:10:27 +0100 > > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] CHK file with calculations does not work > > as it did in EpiInfo > > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Message-ID: <47CD9EA3.5000402(a)tbrieder.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Unless, something go lost, there is surely something missing here: > > > > IF N9SUICIDE = or (N9SUICIDE = 2 AND TOTAL >= 16) or TOTAL > 42 > > > > > > Hans > > > > > > John LeBlanc > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:50:55 -0400, John LeBlanc wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wonder if someone can spot the syntax problem in this CHK file for the Beck Depression inventory. I've struggled for hours to get it to work the way it did under Epi Info. Basically, there are three conditions in an IF statement. I've tried with the two simple conditions alone and the script works (condition at the beginning & at the end). Combining conditions always gives the 'atrisk' calculated variable the answer "N". Is there a limitation or syntax difference in Epidata?? > > > > Here's the syntax. thanks for the help. > > > > BEFORE FILE > > DEFINE TOTALPG1 ## GLOBAL > > DEFINE TOTALPG2 ## GLOBAL > > DEFINE varID #### > > END > > > > AFTER RECORD > > TOTALPG1=N1SAD+N2DISCOURA+N3FAILURE+N4SATISFAC+N5GUILT+N6PUNISHED+N7DISAPPOI+N8SELFCRIT+N9SUICIDE+N10CRY+N11IRRITAT > > TOTALPG2=N12INTPPL+N13DECISIO+N14LOOKWOR+N15CANWORK+N16SLEEP+N17TIRED+N18APPETIT+N19WEIGHT+N20WORRYHL+N21INTSEX > > TOTAL=TOTALPG1 + TOTALPG2 > > IF N9SUICIDE = 3 or (N9SUICIDE = 2 AND TOTAL >= 16) or TOTAL > 42 > > THEN > > ATRISK="Y" > > ELSE > > ATRISK="N" > > ENDIF > > END > > > > idnum > > MUSTENTER > > REPEAT > > AFTER ENTRY > > VarID=IDNUM > > END > > END > > > > total > > NOENTER > > END > > > > atrisk > > NOENTER > > END > > > > n1sad > > RANGE 0 3 > > END > > > > etc. for the other variables > > > > > > John LeBlanc > > __________________________________________________________ > > > > John C. LeBlanc, MD, MSc, FRCPC > > Associate Professor > > Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Community Health and Epidemiology > > Dalhousie University > > > > IWK Health Centre Work phone: (902) 470-8930 > > 5850 University Avenue Work fax: (902) 470-6913 > > Halifax, Nova Scotia Email: John.LeBlanc(a)Dal.Ca > > B3K 6R8 CANADA Pager: (902) 470-8888 > > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > ________________________________________ > > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > > > > End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 3 > > ******************************************* > > > > > > -- > Ziad El-Khatib > AIDS Unit > National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) > 1 Modderfontein Road > Private Bag X4, Sandringham, 2131 > Johannesburg, South Africa > Mobile: +27 (0) 72-52 39 716 > Phone: +27 (0) 11-386 6433 > Fax (NICD): +27 (0)11 386 6453 > Fax (alternative): +27 (0)866 18 2871 > http://www.nicd.ac.za/ > > Division of International Health (IHCAR) > Karolinska Institutet > www.phs.ki.se/ihcar > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:06:35 +0100 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] 2 questions (showing labels while entering > data/copy records) > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <47D12FCB.8050109(a)psych.ru.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hello, > > I built some data entry files for entering the questionnaires of my > research. There are 2 dilemmas I don't how to solve and which I cannot > find in the help menu. > 1. Is it possible to see the labels (like 0 = no; 1 = yes) while > entering data? How? > 2. Some students will help me entering data on different computers (so I > copied the datafiles and put it on those computers). Is it possible to > copy records so I can put them in the end all together in the original > datafile on my computer? If yes, how? > > I hope some-one can answer my two questions > > Floor van Santvoort > > > > ------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > >

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 3
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Dear Pedro, Thank you for your kind reply. I plan to review medical records using paper form. Expecting to have 1 observation at baseline to be entered in baseline file and 6-24 observations for time of follow-up, will be entered in follow-up file. Then data will be entered twice and compared (around 600 patients in total). I am trying to find an alternative way to collect data using papers. Palm would be solution but more expensive etc.. Thank you in advance and best regards ziad On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:02 AM, <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > EpiData-list mailing list > ___________________________________ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 2 - Review Medical > records (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > 2. Re: CHK file with calculations does not work as it did in > EpiInfo (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:13:47 -0300 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 2 - > Review Medical records > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: > <a37cfb5a0803060413m190e2205jb408707648dbca2a(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear Ziad, > > Your question is rather non specific, but I ve been through a similar > experience with some bad memories. > > Review medical records is not an easy task. First of all, the type of study > > (for exemple a suvival analysis) is of extremem importance on how the data > > should be organized. Then you must decide what information should be > > extracted from the records. Going back to the records a second or third time > > is really frustrating and time consuming. In general for ARV, to register > > all the ARV combinations, with the start dates and end dates, all CD4 cell > > counts and Viral loads with their respective dates, all diagnosis of > > oportunistic infections and their respective dates of diagnosis. Also, you > > shlould consider making a separate data entry for each one of this data or > > all of them in the same data entry, if you have someone experience in this > > tipe of data analyis, the separate way will make easier to extract and type. > > To use the AUTOSEARCH LIST command in the check file will be of help. Also > > dont forget a field if the ARV is HAART or not and an outcome such as death > > and/or hospitalization and of course its date. > > > > Good Luck, > Pedro Brasil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:16:56 -0800 > > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Subject: [EpiData-list] Using EpiData to review medical records > > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > Message-ID: > > <897a5cf60803041016y396e0f9dwf0baa18ba3168469(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Dear EpiDataLister, > > It is semi-technical question. I intend to review medical records > > retrospectively for patients on ARVs. It seems to be involving lot of > > papers to review their history to be able to enter them into EpiData. > > Meant to check if someone had similar experience to share how did you > > sort it out? > > > > Thank you in advance and best regards > > ziad > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:28:28 -0400 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: CHK file with calculations does not work > as it did in EpiInfo > To: <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> > Message-ID: <200835222828.983160@IW2575> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thanks Hans, I don't know what happened. This is what was pasted except that I exchanged the double quotes for single quotes in case that is why text got truncated. > > IF N9SUICIDE = 3 or (N9SUICIDE = 2 AND TOTAL >= 16) or TOTAL > 42 > THEN > ATRISK='Y' > ELSE > ATRISK='N' > ENDIF > END > > John LeBlanc > ----------------------------------------- > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:10:27 +0100 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] CHK file with calculations does not work > as it did in EpiInfo > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <47CD9EA3.5000402(a)tbrieder.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Unless, something go lost, there is surely something missing here: > > IF N9SUICIDE = or (N9SUICIDE = 2 AND TOTAL >= 16) or TOTAL > 42 > > > Hans > > > John LeBlanc > > > On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:50:55 -0400, John LeBlanc wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if someone can spot the syntax problem in this CHK file for the Beck Depression inventory. I've struggled for hours to get it to work the way it did under Epi Info. Basically, there are three conditions in an IF statement. I've tried with the two simple conditions alone and the script works (condition at the beginning & at the end). Combining conditions always gives the 'atrisk' calculated variable the answer "N". Is there a limitation or syntax difference in Epidata?? > > Here's the syntax. thanks for the help. > > BEFORE FILE > DEFINE TOTALPG1 ## GLOBAL > DEFINE TOTALPG2 ## GLOBAL > DEFINE varID #### > END > > AFTER RECORD > TOTALPG1=N1SAD+N2DISCOURA+N3FAILURE+N4SATISFAC+N5GUILT+N6PUNISHED+N7DISAPPOI+N8SELFCRIT+N9SUICIDE+N10CRY+N11IRRITAT > TOTALPG2=N12INTPPL+N13DECISIO+N14LOOKWOR+N15CANWORK+N16SLEEP+N17TIRED+N18APPETIT+N19WEIGHT+N20WORRYHL+N21INTSEX > TOTAL=TOTALPG1 + TOTALPG2 > IF N9SUICIDE = 3 or (N9SUICIDE = 2 AND TOTAL >= 16) or TOTAL > 42 > THEN > ATRISK="Y" > ELSE > ATRISK="N" > ENDIF > END > > idnum > MUSTENTER > REPEAT > AFTER ENTRY > VarID=IDNUM > END > END > > total > NOENTER > END > > atrisk > NOENTER > END > > n1sad > RANGE 0 3 > END > > etc. for the other variables > > > John LeBlanc > __________________________________________________________ > > John C. LeBlanc, MD, MSc, FRCPC > Associate Professor > Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Community Health and Epidemiology > Dalhousie University > > IWK Health Centre Work phone: (902) 470-8930 > 5850 University Avenue Work fax: (902) 470-6913 > Halifax, Nova Scotia Email: John.LeBlanc(a)Dal.Ca > B3K 6R8 CANADA Pager: (902) 470-8888 > __________________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 3 > ******************************************* > -- Ziad El-Khatib AIDS Unit National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) 1 Modderfontein Road Private Bag X4, Sandringham, 2131 Johannesburg, South Africa Mobile: +27 (0) 72-52 39 716 Phone: +27 (0) 11-386 6433 Fax (NICD): +27 (0)11 386 6453 Fax (alternative): +27 (0)866 18 2871 http://www.nicd.ac.za/ Division of International Health (IHCAR) Karolinska Institutet www.phs.ki.se/ihcar

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 2 - Review Medical records
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Dear Ziad, Your question is rather non specific, but I ve been through a similar experience with some bad memories. Review medical records is not an easy task. First of all, the type of study > (for exemple a suvival analysis) is of extremem importance on how the data > should be organized. Then you must decide what information should be > extracted from the records. Going back to the records a second or third time > is really frustrating and time consuming. In general for ARV, to register > all the ARV combinations, with the start dates and end dates, all CD4 cell > counts and Viral loads with their respective dates, all diagnosis of > oportunistic infections and their respective dates of diagnosis. Also, you > shlould consider making a separate data entry for each one of this data or > all of them in the same data entry, if you have someone experience in this > tipe of data analyis, the separate way will make easier to extract and type. > To use the AUTOSEARCH LIST command in the check file will be of help. Also > dont forget a field if the ARV is HAART or not and an outcome such as death > and/or hospitalization and of course its date. > Good Luck, Pedro Brasil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:16:56 -0800 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Using EpiData to review medical records > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: > <897a5cf60803041016y396e0f9dwf0baa18ba3168469(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear EpiDataLister, > It is semi-technical question. I intend to review medical records > retrospectively for patients on ARVs. It seems to be involving lot of > papers to review their history to be able to enter them into EpiData. > Meant to check if someone had similar experience to share how did you > sort it out? > > Thank you in advance and best regards > ziad > > >

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